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Monday, February 14, 2011

Free-motion Quilted Butterflies- including a video!

With 8 tops that needed quilting for Project Linus, I decided that I should try and be more inventive with the quilting. Normally I stick to a straight meandering stitch, but after the first two quilts that was getting boring! :o) So I decided to get a little creative and started to add butterflies.

I know you will all want to have a go at this, so I thought I'd attempt to video the stitching of this butterfly so you could see the path I took...apologies now for the blurry quality of the video...but it
should give you a good idea of the direction one needs to quilt to
achieve this cute design. Stay tune to the end of the video where I share my first blooper. All you quilters out there will completely identify with this common sewing mishap!

Here's another picture..aren't they cute!

Here's a little diagram to help you remember the path...

I'm happy to say of 8 I have passed 4 quilts to Lynda and all that remain on the last 4 is to hand stitch the binding. Woohoo!

Great little video Jane! If you want more idea's that are simple to do, let me know, daisy's would be another simple thing to do or even little hearts like you would loop the loops :) Love the pile of quilts too - yummy!

Thank you for the video Jane. I have a quilt that I've been (dare I say it) procrasinating quilting it because of the decision process of how to quilt it. It has a butterfly print on the backing and this pattern will be perfect. Thank you for including the outtake!!!! It's comforting to know those things happen to other people....and on camera! Kudos!nsue21702 at gmail dot com

Lovely little butterflies - I have used flowers and stars many times but butterflies never occurred to me - funny that when I applique them onto so many things - storing away for future reference :) thanks for sharing

Great video Jane and lovely butterflies. I do mine slightly differently with only 2 bumps one bigger than the other. Nick made a video of me last night on the long arm but goodness knows how it will come out unlikely I will be tech enough to upload it.

These are so cute! I'm new to machine embroidery having just bought my new Janome Memory Craft 12000 embroidery/sewing machine. I've practiced doing free motion embroidery and I would love to try this butterfly. I've made two red work embroidery pieces, framed them and hung them up. They look great. You can see them on my blog. Loved your video and thanks for sharing.

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